Timelines!

In English class at World Relief on Thursday we did a fun activity using timelines to reinforce the past tense. I made a time line of "big events" from my life as an example. I realized just how young I was! Then the students made a list of "big events" from their lives, and drew wonderful timelines (pictures may come). Here is mine:

March 1988- Anna was born in Tulsa, OK.

December 1991- Anna's younger brother entered the world.

August 1998 - Anna had her dad for her teacher.

November 2000 - Anna performed in her first play.


June 2005 - Anna visited India for 6 weeks.

May 2006 - Anna graduated from high school.

August 2006 - Anna moved to Chicago.

September 2006 - Anna worked in the kitchen.

July 2007 - Anna passed her drivers license test.

August 2008 - Anna taugt at World Relief.

Luther

Favorite quotes from listening to nine hours of lecture on Luther:

"Stop worrying about who is elect--God's decrees are inscrutable--so LIVE!"

"The Gospel is: 'You can't do it. Stop trying. God already did.'"

"There is only one question you have to answer, and you have to believe it every day for the rest of your life: Do you believe the Gospel?"

"An illiterate little Jewish peasant girl, about 13, was visited by an angel and gave birth to God in a spit town in the middle of Israel. Kinda like being somewhere in the middle of Nebraska. He grew up and hung out with a bunch of half-wit fishermen who bailed on him. He was arrested and crucified on top of a trash heap. That's what you believe. Of course people think your nuts."

"Don't lie and say your praying because you love God. Your praying because you want something."

"No use being a Protestant the day you get saved and a Catholic everyday thereafter."

"The just live by faith. God accomplishes His work because of who HE is, not who we are. You are who God says you are."

"We're all screw-ups. He didn't pick us because we're great."

And finally:
"Christianity for Luther is getting your brains beat in. Because God loves you and your brains are in your way of you doing what you need to do."